Direction-signal for motor-vehicles



A. E. WOLTER. DIRECTION SIGNAL FOR MOTOR VEHiCLES.

APPLECATION FILED )AN. 5, i920.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

.tures for the use ANTOINE n. woman, or sna'rrnn, wasnrn'e ron.

DIRECTION-SIGNAL MOTOR-VEHICLES.

Application filed January 5 1920. Serial No. 349,356.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known thatl, ANTONE E. Woman, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the'county of King and State of ashington, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Directlon-signals forMotor-VehiclcS,, .of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to for motor-vehicles}; and its object is the provision of neat appearing and eflicient devices of this character whichmay be conveniently employed by the driver to indicate to pedestriansorother cars an intention to turn at right angles fromgthe direction inwhich the vehicle is travelin I A further object of the mvention 1s to,

provide in association with the direction signal device of mirror-andspot lightfeaof the driver.-

With these ends in view, the invention consists in .the novelconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts as will. behereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Fi re .1 is an elevationalview lookingforwar from the drivers seat of an'automobile, showing a portion of thelatter and with the signal arm'in its retracted or concealed position.Fig. 2 is a view of the signal devices with the arm thereof extended. yf

Fig. 3 is a sectional view throughthe lamp casing, said .section, beingtaken through 3-3of Fig. 4." Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view of the lampand the outer end of the'si' a1 arm to illustrate the controllers 'forthe hght circuit. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation of the spot ,llghtand mirror members .to illustrate the manner of attaching thesame to thesi al-arm housin which is shown in section t rough 5-5 of ig 1.

In carryingout the invention, I rovide a case 6 of a rectangular shape wichl is open as at? at its outer side and is rigidly connected from itsinner sideto a bracket 8 which is secured, to the frame member 9' at theleft hand side of the windshield 10.

The case 6 serves as a housingfor a si al arm of the lazy tong typecomprising links 11 ivotally connected together. One of the linfs, as 11atthe inner end of the arm is to an upright bar 13 provided within saidhousing. The other of the two inner 'links, as 11 is rovided with a stud14 slid'able in a vertica slot 13 provided in 'saidbar. One of thepivotal Specification of Letters Patent.

direction signals I of the driver as,

ing post 22.v 23 represents a lamp casing o casing, with.- a arm link11. nected to-the slgnal arm by means' of a is extended from wires asrepresented by 36 in I bracket arm spot light 42.

Y B' 1) the signal arm may be Patented pins, a314, in the axis of thearm 'is'c'on provided at the inner side of the housiri 6.

.The pin 16 is also connected to an en of a controllin wire l9.whichextends through aflexible tu ular guard 20 team actuating 1ever'21provided within convenient reach for example, on the steer;

a cylindrical form having its axis-arranged longitudinally of thevehicle and provided in its. front and rear with lenses 24 and 24} ofred glass, desirably.

Provlded in the casing 23 is a lamp socket 25 for an electric light bulb26. Within said socket and between the bulb terminals 26 and theterminals of circuit wires 27 is positioned acylindrical switch member28 aving an arm 28- whlch is connected by a rod 29; extendmgthrough aslot 23 in the in 30 extending from the he casing 23 is itselfconbracket '31 pivotally to the arm pin 32 and to the link llina rigidmanner by rivets 33 whereby the casing 23 is rotatably moved about theaxis of the pin 32 in accordance with the inclination 'of the link 11*.

aperture 34; is provided in the peripheral wall of casin 23 so thatlight rays, as denoted by w in ig. 2, from the lamp will illuminate thesignal arm when the casing is tilted projectingthe latter outwardly. Theconnections between the switch member 28 and the link 11 is such thatthe member will be rotated to respectively close and open the lightcircuit whenlthe signal arm and retracted into the housing therefor. Theelectric wires for the lamp are desirably protected by aninsulating'wrapping denoted by 35 which is connected at intervals to thesi a1 arm by 1g. 2. v

a bracket-arm e case 6, said ball-and-socket A'mirror 37 isconnected b38 to the 'rear wall 6 of th including a joint indicated by 39. i

To the front of the case 6 is secured asocket attachment 40 for the stem41" of a suitably swinging the lever 21 .(Fig. extended into its sgnaling position as shown in Fig 2 or retracted therefrom-into itshoused ig. 1 p0 Mar. 11, 119211;.

sition. 'When the arm is thrust out the movements of: the two links 11and 11 afford relative motion between the casing 23 and the pin 30\ onlink 11 to efi'ect the turning of the switch member 28 into circuitcompleting position.

The manner of regulating the spot light and mirror is obvious.

What I claim, is-

A vehicle signal comprising in combination, a casing adapted to besecured to a vehicle, said casing being open at one side, a bar rigidlysecured within the casing at the other side, a lazy tongs armoperatively connected to said bar, means to efiect the extension andcontracting of said arm from and into Said casing, a light bulb, circuitconnections therefor, a lamp casing for said light bulb, an electricswitchlocated within the lamp casing for said circuit connections, andoperative connection between the movable switch element and one of theouter links of said arm, the other outer link of the arm being rigidlyconnected to said lamp casing whereby the extending and contracting ofthe arm respectively serves to close and open said circuit connections.

Signed at Seattle Washington, this 23rd day of December, 1919.

ANTONE E. WOLTER.

Witnesses:

PIERRE BARN-ES,

L. BOWEN.

